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James T. Costa

Entomologist, Evolutionary Biologist, and Historian of Science

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  • Books
    • Darwin’s Backyard
    • Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species
    • On the Organic Law of Change
    • The Other Insect Societies
    • The Annotated Origin
    • A Naturalist’s Guide
  • Conduct your own experiments!
    • Sink or Swim: Seeds in a Pickle
    • Avian Airlift: Darwin’s Duck-Feet Experiment
  • Darwin Inspired Learning: Resources for Teachers

Conduct your own experiments!

Avian Airlift: Darwin’s Duck-Feet Experiment

Sink or Swim: Seeds in a Pickle

 

 

 

Some of my favorite sites

  • Down House
  • Linnean Society of London
  • Alfred Russel Wallace Page
  • Darwin Correspondence Project
  • Wallace Correspondence Project
  • In Defense of Plants
  • Dispersal of Darwin
  • Why Evolution is True

Down House

Sandwalk
Sandwalk
Glass House
Glass House
Pitcher Plants
Down House Garden
Yard Plot at Down House
Yard Plot at Down House
Garden at Down
Down House
Down House
Garden
Garden

But I love fools’ experiments. I am always making them.

~ Charles Darwin

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Interviews & Lectures

  • Science Friday
  • In Defense of Plants
  • KQED Forum
  • The State of Things
  • Alfred Russel Wallace
  • N.Y. Botanical Garden
  • English Heritage
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